COMPUTERIZED CAREER GUIDANCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (A STUDY OF NWAFOR ORIZU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION NSUGBE)

ABSTRACT

The presence of counsellors in school is not just for the sake of it, they are there to direct student on area they psychologically find them fit. The job of counselling towards a future career is not an easy one, the student has to be followed regularly within attitude and academic performance so that he/she will be directed towards his/her gift career. This project work researched into the procedure involved in guiding and counselling student in the secondary school with a view to come up with the modernized system that would help in carrying out the activities effectively The problem associated with the existing system were detected and possible solutions to the problem were provided in the new system The new system is a computerized one, which works automatically; it is very easy to use, it is also interactive, cost effective .The new system is comprehensive enough, timely and accurate in report generation

Background of the study
Man in search of comfort ability struggle to meet up with good career and for this to be achieved, it has to be started as early as possible. Form time man is born, he is been studied to know what likely he will be able to do as he grows up. This has to do with his natural behavior and mental exercise display (Ackerman, 2012). This continues in family parents and other relaxation acting as counselling unit until the child goes in to school. In school the teacher takes over the counselling, it is a continuous exercise until one finds his feet, then he can continues from there and equally be in a position to guide and counsel others (Amico, 2011).

According to Walker, (2010) he stated that communication system carries a mixture of voice, data and image signals that are used effectively as intelligent rods in communication system acting as switches, multiplexes, demultiplexens protocol converters. Wright, (2018) emphasized that the importance of computers in the exchange of electronic mail (e-mail) with other users, transfer of public domain software from another computer into another disk so that anybody can run the programme on the computer and hold conference with a number of other users. This is one of the major applications of computers in communication. The introduction of office automation and information technology has assisted to strengthen information and service delivery. According to Shatkin, (1983) major computerization and infrastructure development in the public sector in Bangladesh has been taking place to replace internal manual work processes by ICT-based automation. Similarly, the impact of computer education on the efficiency of civil services Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized. The civil servants need to be educated in ICT, so that the use of typewriters, filling of information on papers in cabinets, keeping of documents and letters in files are modernized through automation (Parsons, 2009).

The stages where much work is carried out on counselling is in secondary schools .This is a stage when a child is grown to be able to understand maturely and when the child’s attitude is fully studied in line with academic performance (Newkham&Bawerm, 2011). In all secondary school across the country, there exist a guidance and counsellor office where people knowledgeable in the area of psychology are employed in order to help advise the younger ones in school which way forward to their future career . There people through class visitation, Observing students during recreation and calling on them at intervals for questioning, came to know the students betters and be able to guide and counsel them in their future career probably in university or in any other area of endeavor (Myers & Super, 2012).

The job of counselling in secondary school is not an easy job to be taking into consideration the number students involved with respect to the number of staff involved. It is always very difficult to handle all the students and to remember everything about the students. This Counseling exercise needs a sophisticated system for the operation of counselling alliterates some of the problem associated with exercise (Lawton &Gerschner, 2012).
Personal behavior and area of interest, they keep very close marks with the students to make sure that no stone is left unturned. This aspect of one’s life is taken very seriously in schools because that is mainly the reason people go to school for the academics tests and examination only. The battle of career choice is handed over to individual when he/she attain a stage of being able to duct for himself what he/she really wants and how best possible to get such height. The person can steer the wheels directly to his destination or deviate in the other way due to carelessness or youthful exuberance; but the end justifies the means. Also, sometime due to laxity and incapability on the side of the career guidance and counsellor in schools, most of the students are led astray (Johnson & Williams, 2010). This is mainly due to human approach towards the implementation the exercise which can be based at any time. In his own recommendation, Hook advised the computerization of the career guidance department for effectives and reliable react on the department activities (Katz, 2010).

Herr, &Scofield, (2013) argues that a good career in life, makes a lot of meaningful process in life. He made this assertion that what without comfort and where is comfort without a good career; In his own views, it takes a long and rough way to arrive and clinch a good career but when one finally gets to it, life comes to be what nature made it be, life remains unstable like a wondering man in the career is achieved through carefulness and hard work, desire of sentiments and other side effects which can thwart the smooth direction of ones futures. Durell, (2012)made it clear and that life is associated with a good career and that such a career is what can give full meaning of life a priceless gift of nature.